Maja Bondestam

Maja Bondestam is a Professor at Uppsala University's Department of History of Science and Ideas, Faculty of Arts. Her research focuses on the history of the body, gender, and medicine, with theoretical engagement in norms, power, language, and identity.

• PhD in History of Ideas and Learning (2002)
• Associate Professor (2010), Senior Lecturer (2014-2022)
• Director of Studies at undergraduate and graduate levels

Her work bridges early modern and modern periods, emphasizing:

• Medical history and gender/sexuality
• Monstrosity and biopolitical normalization
• Temporal aspects of bodily identity
• Scandinavian cultural transformations

Recent publications explore fetal knowledge production, hermaphroditism, and monstrosity's role in shaping scientific and social order. She currently leads research on Swedish solitude culture and sexual identity (1930-1950) while planning studies on 1590s Nordic corporeal aesthetics.